actresses producing: Hsu
Overview of films
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A Touch of Zen
Epic film about intrigues in the 14th century with imposing camerawork and a breakthrough role by Hsu Feng.
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Shan Zhong Chuanqi
Power struggle between ambitious monks and a power-hungry general during the Ming dynasty about the vacant post of abbot.
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Gungun Hongchen
Great film about the life story of Zhaohwa: locked up by her father as a girl; her husband collaborated with the Japanese.
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Zhonglie Tu
Ming warriors fight against Chinese-Japanese pirates. The strategist Yu has to bring the complex conflict to an end.
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Sha Fu
Film based on famous bestseller about Lin, who is married off to a butcher who turns out to be a brute. She has to take drastic action.
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Five Girls and a Rope
5 girls are married off and hang themselves to avoid their fate. Critics’ Prize Rotterdam 1992.
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Yingchunke Zhi Fengbo
Brilliant ‘chamber’ play with epic dimensions and super cast at the time of the Yuan dynasty.
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Jinye Xingguang Canlan
Bustling life of a teacher at secondary school is interspersed with memories of her old love.
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Ba Wang bieji
Highly-regarded epic about life of two opera stars up till and during the Cultural Revolution. Golden Palm Cannes 1993.
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Lao Niang Gou Sao
Exciting film about murder, corruption, love and kidnapping.
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Huang-se Gushi
Early rôle by well-known actress Maggie Cheung in clever film about love, marriage, divorce and growing up.